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The franchise sector has grown and grown and now there are lots of franchises to choose from. This means that you don't have to pick just any one, you can create your own list of criteria that are important to you.As you work through your selection process and develop your own short list, remember that there are certain things that need to stand out. Can a franchise deliver the income you need or want? Does it give you the work/life balance you strive for? Does it make best use of your skills?...

In the last few very busy months, a specialist franchise marketing agency has made a key recruitment to assist with their expansion plans and support a number of new clients.Martin Hawthorne joins Franchise My Business as Franchise Development Consultant. With more than 25 years’ experience in franchising, Martin is key to helping franchisors add significant value to their existing business as well as advise on franchising.With a background in national franchise management, Martin has held a num...

When we want food prepared and brought to our door.. you probably didn't think about it being cooked at your door either. However, from creating from scratch the perfect pizza to order, fresh and hot from the oven, directly outside residential homes is the brainchild of Mostro Pizza who are building up this innovative style of hot food home delivery based on the Isuzu Jiffy Banquet product.The first three of their 3.5 tonne specialist pizza takeaway trucks are now working for Mostro Pizza in the...

This week Fantastic Services, the UK’s leading home services provider and one of the fastest-growing franchisors, announced its official debut on the Irish market with the appointment of a new Master franchisee.The partnership marks an extension of Fantastic Services' acceleration of national growth following the opening of over 30 Area Development franchises since the beginning of 2020. “We have been successful in implementing a strong business model and providing industry know-how to our fran...

Diamond Home Support, the domestic cleaning, home help and gardening franchise has just had its busiest month of the year so far, and one of the busiest it has ever had in their history. In July enquiries increased by 25% on June and August has continued in the same fashion. Diamond Home Support’s Managing Director Andrew Watton said: “Enquiry levels have been building month on month this year and are certainly back to pre-COVID levels, if not busier! Many franchisees are now building wait...

Home Instead, a senior care franchise, is excited to be meeting prospective franchisees in person at their upcoming Regional Discovery Days! All throughout the month of August, they will be visiting the North in York, across the Irish Sea to Belfast and into East Anglia in Ipswich, explaining all about their franchise opportunity and how you could be your own boss whilst making a real difference to people’s lives. The Home Instead franchise discovery days will be held at the following locat...

Brokerplan are delighted to announce that they have launched their new and improved Academy website!The launch reflects the expansion of their partner packages, which were developed and launched late last year in response to growing demand for these services. They are now able to offer packages covering an even wider range of financial services including:• Commercial Mortgages• Cashflow Solutions and Business Loans• Asset & Invoice Finance• Residential and Buy-to-Let Mortgages• Insurances and Pr...

An Alchemy Virtual Assistant franchisee despite starting her business during COVID, has managed to buck the trend in her first year of trading by supporting more than double the number of clients than the industry average Eloise Robb set-up an Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) franchise hub from her home office in Chorley in July 2020 when she realised that virtual ways of working were here to stay and she sought more freedom and flexibility in her career.The former assistant headteacher is o...

Nationwide SMART (small to medium area repair technology) car scratches and bodywork repair specialists ChipsAway branches, in Telford & Wolverhampton, have become the first of the 200-strong franchise network to achieve a Carbon Neutral Status.  ECA Business Energy awarded the ChipsAway Car Care Centre at Queensway Business Park with the PAS 2060 Carbon Neutrality certification following an extensive assessment of its operations, and after it agreed to achieve a further two per cen...

If you are someone who loves working with animals and people, then an OSCAR pet food franchise opens the door and allows you to reap the benefits of self-employment.This is a franchise business operating under the OSCAR Pet Foods banner. Working from home, OSCAR provides a pet care service that covers a wide range of benefits to pet owners, from British-made nutritious pet food, a comprehensive range of accessories and healthcare products to advice in nutrition and behaviour. Having your own bu...

An OSCAR pet food franchise opens the door to anyone who loves pets and working with people, while reaping the benefits of self-employment. This is a franchise business operating under the OSCAR Pet Foods banner. Working from home, OSCAR provides a pet care service that covers a wide range of benefits to pet owners, from British-made nutritious pet food, a comprehensive range of accessories and healthcare products to advice in nutrition and behaviour. Having your own business with customer...

In the popular tourist town of Grassington situated in the Yorkshire Dales, Love Brownies, a chocolate brownie and café franchise whose headquarters are in Ilkley, has opened a new shop to serve their delicious treats to even more customers! Originating in Yorkshire, the brand has a growing network of owned and franchised brownie shops and cafés, with the Grassington shop being the fourteenth to open in the UK.The shop and café will offer Love Brownies products alongside a range of premium, f...